J.K. Rowling on #WDYTYA
J.K. Rowling's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?. Originally aired in the U.K., this episode shows the Harry Potter mastermind learning about her own story.
A Peek into my Own Past
It was daunting to think of trying to capture even a hint of my mother in 500 words, but here's a little peek into my own family history.
Genealogy Roundup, July 29
Editing DNA is now cut-and-paste, rare African American family photo albums, a 17-year-old high school student proves professor wrong, celebrity genealogy, and much more!
Ginnifer Goodwin on New Season of “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Ginnifer Goodwin unravels a tale including drugs, gambling, prison, and more on the new season of Who Do You Think You Are?
Genealogy Roundup, July 22
The debut of AncestryHealth, the woman leading Ancestry.com into the world of personal genetics, a file that captures both the heart and the realities of what we do as genealogists, and more!
Season 3 of ‘Finding Your Roots’ Green-Lighted for January 2016 Return on PBS
Season 3 of 'Finding Your Roots' is scheduled to begin airing in January 2016. Under the ancestral microscope, you'll see Patricia Arquette, Lidia Bastianich, Richard Branson, and many more.
Genealogy Roundup, July 15
Two sets of identical twins are raised as fraternal twins, 'Finding Your Roots' to return in 2016, Joe Biden's Mumbai relations, and much more!
Celebrity Genealogy on TV: Who and When?
We can probably expect an interlude between the next seasons of Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots, and the duration of that lull will hinge largely on how PBS chooses to balance and accommodate the sometimes competing goals of content accuracy and viewer demand.
Genealogy Roundup, July 8
This week, we have Irish history, parish records released, a "Roots" remake, Pitbull's family immigration story, and more...
Genealogy Roundup, July 1
Customers of commercial genomic testing services understand results more than expected, Bryan Cranston to be on Who Do You Think You Are?, and why one man took his wife's last name.